[MacRuby-devel] Basic delayed email method

[Cliff Rosson]

So playing around a little with this I was able to browse and find messages
via macruby. On the other hand I cannot figure out how to send a drafted
email. Here is what I have so far.

My drafts folder has 1 message in it ready to be sent.

mail = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.apple.mail")
> my_account = mail.accounts.select { |account| account.name ==
> "MyAccountName" }.first
> drafts_folder = my_account.mailboxes.select { |mailbox| mailbox.name ==
> "Drafts" }.first
> draft = drafts_folder.messages.first


I need to use the send method somehow. I think I need to make a new
MailOutgoingMessage but I would like to make this message based on my
already existing draft message.

Any know how this is done?

I had hoped it would have been as simple as draft.send. :)


On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Mark Rada <mrada at marketcircle.com> wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> I think Colin answered this fairly well. Personally, I prefer to use GCD
> when available because I find the API simpler and GCD stuff works with or
> without run loops.
>
> --
>         Mark
>
>
> On 2012-10-20, at 2:40 PM, Robert Carl Rice <rice.audio at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > I use NSTimer a lot in my apps. What is the advantage of using GCD API?
> >
> > There is an excellent tutorial on the web for specifically for setting
> up ScriptingBridge for Apple Mail but I forget where I saw it. On warning;
> if you set up ScriptingBridge for Apple Mail don't try to take a snapshot
> in Xcode 4. Xcode will follow the link to mail and include all of your
> mailboxes in the snapshot. I don't know if there is a way to stop this
> behavior.
> >
> > Bob Rice
> >
> > On Oct 19, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Mark Rada <mrada at marketcircle.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Busy looping for an hour would be really bad. I assume you would have a
> sleep in there, but then you're still polling.
> >>
> >> If you are using MacRuby, looking at the GCD API would be a good idea.
> You could do something like this:
> >>
> >> def schedule_email q
> >>   q.after(3600) do
> >>       # Send email
> >>       schedule_email q
> >>   end
> >> end
> >>
> >> schedule_email Dispatch::Queue.new("com.rosson.delayed.email")
> >>
> >> NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop.run
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> As for actually sending emails, if you want to have things go through
> Apple Mail you could use the ScriptingBridge framework which has a few
> tutorials online (but for iTunes):
> >>
> >>
> http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/09/tutorial-os-x-automation-with-macruby-and-the-scripting-bridge/
> >>
> >> AXElements is another option that I am biased in favour of; but it may
> not be passive enough for your requirements.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >>      Mark
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2012-10-19, at 6:12 PM, Cliff Rosson <cliff.rosson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Everyone,
> >>>
> >>> I am fairly new to macruby and am having trouble finding some basic
> documentation to help me out. I would like to write a simple app that sends
> a delayed email based on Time from mac mail.
> >>>
> >>> I am thinking of something like this,
> >>>
> >>> time = Time.now + 3600
> >>> while true
> >>> case time
> >>> when Time.now
> >>>   #Send email
> >>> end
> >>> end
> >>>
> >>> Being able to respond to certain emails or send an email from a draft
> would be a huge benefit. Can anyone point me in the write direction to
> accomplish this? I am decently proficient in ruby but don't know where to
> start with MacRuby.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks everyone
> >>>
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